Under the 2023 Gregorian calendar, this page shows the major and minor Jewish holidays and celebrations, fast days, days of national observation in Israel, important days in the Hebrew calendar among other notable days.
The following is a collection of holidays, commemorations, observations and celebrations for the Jewish community during 2023. For more information on the equivalence of dates in the Hebrew calendar and other calendars, please see Hebrew Calendar 5783.
Notes:
[30days] This month has 30 days.
[minor] This is a minor Jewish holiday.
[judaism] In Judaism, this day begins at sundown on the evening before.
[adarvaries] Adar has 29 days, but 30 in leap years.
[minorfast] A minor fast is observed from before dawn to nightfall.
[yom-tov] This day is yom tov, so it has similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat in the sense that normal work [melacha] is forbidden.
[Shalosh-Regalim] Pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.
[israel] National day in Israel.
[29days] This month has 29 days.
[majorfast] A major fast lasts 25 hours.
[shabbat] If this day falls on Shabbat, then it is moved to the next day.
2023 Jewish Religious Holiday Service
The above is the list of 2023 religious holidays declared in Jewish which includes observations, religious days, holidays and popular celebrations. We also provide Jewish holiday calendar for 2023 in Word, Excel, PDF and printable online formats.
Except for minor fasts, holidays begin at sundown on the first date specified and end at nightfall on the last date specified.
For example, if the dates for Rosh Hashana are listed as Sep 15-Sep 17, then the holiday begins at sundown on Sep 15 and ends at nightfall on Sep 17.
This page displays the Diaspora holiday schedule. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.
Major holidays 2023 ✡️
Dates in bold are yom tov, so they have similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat in the sense that normal “work” is forbidden.
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | Apr 5‑7 W‑F Apr 8‑11 Sa‑Tu Apr 11‑13 Tu‑Th 15-22 Nisan 5783 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | May 25‑27 Th‑Sa 6-7 Sivan 5783 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | Jul 26‑27 W‑Th 9 Av 5783 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | Sep 15‑17 F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei 5784 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | Sep 24‑25 Su‑M 10 Tishrei 5784 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | Sep 29‑Oct 1 F‑Su Oct 2‑6 M‑F 15-21 Tishrei 5784 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | Oct 6‑7 F‑Sa 22 Tishrei 5784 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | Oct 7‑8 Sa‑Su 23 Tishrei 5784 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | Dec 7‑15 Th‑F 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5784 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication |
Minor holidays 2023 ✡️
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | Feb 5‑6 Su‑M 15 Sh'vat 5783 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | Mar 6‑7 M‑Tu 14 Adar 5783 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | Mar 7‑8 Tu‑W 15 Adar 5783 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | Apr 6‑May 25 Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5783 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | May 4‑5 Th‑F 14 Iyyar 5783 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | May 8‑9 M‑Tu 18 Iyyar 5783 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | Aug 1‑2 Tu‑W 15 Av 5783 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | Aug 17‑18 Th‑F 1 Elul 5783 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 9 Sa 23 Elul 5783 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays |
Minor fasts 2023 ✡️
Minor fasts begin at dawn and end at nightfall.
Tish'a B'Av begins at sundown on the first date specified and ends at nightfall on the second date specified.
| Asara B'Tevet | Jan 3 Tu 10 Tevet 5783 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 6 M 13 Adar 5783 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 5 W 14 Nisan 5783 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 6 Th 17 Tamuz 5783 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 18 M 3 Tishrei 5784 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 22 F 10 Tevet 5784 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem |
Modern holidays 2023 🇮🇱
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | Feb 20‑21 M‑Tu 30 Sh'vat 5783 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | Apr 30‑May 1 Su‑M 10 Iyyar 5783 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | Jul 17‑18 M‑Tu 29 Tamuz 5783 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Oct 22 Su 7 Cheshvan 5784 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | Oct 25‑26 W‑Th 11 Cheshvan 5784 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | Nov 18‑19 Sa‑Su 6 Kislev 5784 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | Mar 31‑Apr 1 F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5783 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | Apr 17‑18 M‑Tu 27 Nisan 5783 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | Apr 24‑25 M‑Tu 4 Iyyar 5783 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | Apr 25‑26 Tu‑W 5 Iyyar 5783 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | May 18‑19 Th‑F 28 Iyyar 5783 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Sigd ✡️ | Nov 12‑13 Su‑M 29 Cheshvan 5784 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur |
Special Shabbatot 2023 🕍
| Shabbat Shirah | Feb 3‑4 F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat 5783 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | Feb 17‑18 F‑Sa 27 Sh'vat 5783 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | Mar 3‑4 F‑Sa 11 Adar 5783 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | Mar 10‑11 F‑Sa 18 Adar 5783 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | Mar 17‑18 F‑Sa 25 Adar 5783 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | Mar 31‑Apr 1 F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5783 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | Jul 21‑22 F‑Sa 4 Av 5783 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av [Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision] | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | Jul 28‑29 F‑Sa 11 Av 5783 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av [Shabbat of Consolation] | |
| Shabbat Shuva | Sep 22‑23 F‑Sa 8 Tishrei 5784 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur [Shabbat of Returning] |
Rosh Chodesh 2023 🌒
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | Jan 22‑23 Su‑M 1 Sh'vat 5783 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | Feb 20‑22 M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5783 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | Mar 22‑23 W‑Th 1 Nisan 5783 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | Apr 20‑22 Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5783 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | May 20‑21 Sa‑Su 1 Sivan 5783 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | Jun 18‑20 Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5783 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | Jul 18‑19 Tu‑W 1 Av 5783 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | Aug 16‑18 W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul 5783 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | Oct 14‑16 Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5784 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | Nov 13‑14 M‑Tu 1 Kislev 5784 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | Dec 12‑13 Tu‑W 1 Tevet 5784 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar |